Luca de Meo leaves his job as Renault Group chief executive next month. He started working for the car company during 2020 and created the Alpine Formula 1 team. De Meo merged Renault Sport with Alpine to build electric cars and race in F1. The French company changed its racing team name from Renault to Alpine under his leadership. He also moved the engine factory to support the new Alpine brand.
De Meo helped Renault make money again after years of problems. The company builds better cars and sells more vehicles than before he arrived. Alpine won one F1 race during 2021 at the Hungarian Grand Prix. The team struggled with many different managers and poor performance on track. Five different people ran the Alpine F1 team during de Meo's time as company leader.
Flavio Briatore joined Alpine last year as de Meo's special advisor. De Meo and Briatore decided to stop making F1 engines after 2025. Alpine will buy engines from Mercedes instead of building their cars. The team sits last place in the championship standings right away. Renault directors must find a new chief executive to replace de Meo.
De Meo helped Renault make money again after years of problems. The company builds better cars and sells more vehicles than before he arrived. Alpine won one F1 race during 2021 at the Hungarian Grand Prix. The team struggled with many different managers and poor performance on track. Five different people ran the Alpine F1 team during de Meo's time as company leader.
Flavio Briatore joined Alpine last year as de Meo's special advisor. De Meo and Briatore decided to stop making F1 engines after 2025. Alpine will buy engines from Mercedes instead of building their cars. The team sits last place in the championship standings right away. Renault directors must find a new chief executive to replace de Meo.
